TURQUIE – Habibi Neccar Mountain - The Church of St. Peter, which is the first cave church and regarded as a pilgrimage site for Christians in the eastern province of Hatay, will undergo restoration, and the rock on the church will be repaired. The church, which is located near the Habibi Neccar Mountain and known as a place where believers of Jesus secretly came together, is composed of a seven-meter-high and 13-meter-deep cave carved into rock.

USA – Springettsbury - The mud of a Pennsylvania cornfield may soon produce answers about the fate of British prisoners of war during the waning years of the American Revolution. A few miles east of York, the city that briefly served as the fledgling nation's capital after the Continental Congress fled Philadelphia, more than a thousand English, Scottish and Canadian soldiers were imprisoned at what was then known as Camp Security. A 1979 archaeological study found numerous artefacts that confirmed local lore about the prison camp's location. Nothing about the property today suggests it was once teeming with prisoners. The first group arrived in 1781, four years after their 1777 surrender at Saratoga, New York. More arrived the next year after the battle in Yorktown, Virginia, and in April 1782, there were 1,265 men at the camp, along with 182 women and 189 children - family members and others who accompanied the prisoners. The first group was kept under less strict conditions and could be hired out to nearby farms, where among other things they were put to use chopping firewood and hunting wolves. The Yorktown veterans were much more strictly confined, kept inside a circular stockade that had been constructed from 15ft-high log posts. The 1979 dig, which focused on a small area, produced metal items such as buckles and buttons that are associated with British soldiers of the period, suggesting that could have either been the Camp Security stockade or the adjacent Camp Indulgence village where low-risk prisoners stayed. That survey also turned up 20 coins and 605 straight pins that may have been used by prisoners to make lace.

ROYAUME UNI – Huntingdon - Oxford Archaeology East is carrying out the dig in Ermine Street along the route of the forthcoming Huntingdon Town Centre link road on behalf of Cambridgeshire County Council and Huntingdonshire District Council. During the excavations, which will finish in early June, there will be a series of archaeology events held at Cromwell Museum, in Grammar School Walk, and Huntingdon Library, in Princes Street.:There will be an exhibition of the most recent finds on display at the museum from early April. Aileen Connor, senior project manager with Oxford Archaeology East said: “We’re really pleased that the Cromwell Museum and library are helping us bring to life this most recent dig into Huntingdon’s fascinating history. “This will be a great opportunity for the people of Huntingdon to see the finds and hear about the excavation almost as it is happening. We’re expecting lots of interesting finds from the Roman and medieval periods.”

TURQUIE – - For more than 100 years, German archaeologists have been carrying out excavations in Turkey to learn more about ancient civilizations. But now Turkey is threatening to rescind their permission to dig, saying that German researchers often leave behind a mess. Critics accuse Turkey of manufacturing a conflict in an attempt to force Germany to return legally acquired artifacts.

TURQUIE – Anıtlı - The historic village of Anıtlı in the eastern province of Mardin’s Midyat, which was previously named Hah, is waiting to be discovered by the tourist industry for its breathtaking sights. Among the attractions in the village, Mor Sobo Cathedral, which served as the center of the Metropolitan community for nine centuries, and the Virgin Mary Church, which is located by a 2,000 year-old monument, captivate visitors to the region. Some sources reported that the church had been built in the first century A.D., he said, adding, “It is located around a two-millennia-old monument. It is the only one of its kind in the world. In the church, there is a dove figure depicting Jesus on the cross. This can be found only in the church here. We have not seen a figure similar to this in this region or in any other churches in the world. The central cathedral, known as Mor Sobo Church, had been a scientific center. Students from the Middle East went there for education. The head of Artuklu University archaeology department, Associate Professor Güner Coşkunsu, said they had organized expedition trips to the Anıtlı village, which had political, religious and cultural significance in Mardin and had been exceptionally preserved in the Tur Abdin region.